{"id":15411,"date":"2024-06-24T09:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T09:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15411"},"modified":"2024-06-24T09:19:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T09:19:08","slug":"police-in-siaya-are-investigating-suspected-arson-in-siaya-county-leading-to-loss-of-7-cows-and-9-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15411","title":{"rendered":"Police in Siaya are Investigating Suspected Arson in Siaya County, Leading to Loss of 7 Cows and 9 Sheep."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CATTLE-BOTSWANA-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CATTLE-BOTSWANA-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CATTLE-BOTSWANA-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in Gem, Siaya County, are investigating a suspected arson incident in Murumba village that resulted in the loss of seven cows and nine sheep on Sunday night. Residents believe that arsonists deliberately set the family&#8217;s cattle pen ablaze, leaving the livestock burned beyond recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The home&#8217;s caretaker recounted to the media that he was awakened by neighbors around 4 a.m. and informed that the cattle pen was on fire. Despite rushing to the scene, he found the structure already engulfed in flames, with all the animals trapped inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the help of locals, the caretaker attempted to extinguish the fire but was only able to save one sheep. The family suspects that the fire was started by a neighbor who had ongoing disputes with the caretaker and is calling for an investigation into the neighbor&#8217;s possible involvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Area Assistant Chief Millicent Otieno condemned the incident and confirmed that investigations are underway. &#8220;The suspects shall be brought to book,&#8221; she assured, directing the family to bury the remains of the animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Gem, Siaya County, are investigating a suspected arson incident in Murumba village that resulted in the loss of seven cows and nine sheep on Sunday night. Residents believe that arsonists deliberately set the family&#8217;s cattle pen ablaze, leaving the livestock burned beyond recognition. The home&#8217;s caretaker recounted to the media that he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CATTLE-BOTSWANA.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15413,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411\/revisions\/15413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}